Photos of the Week

Week ending 10th April 2023. Images selected by the picture desk

Kevin and Kyle O'Brien from Donoughmore are greeted by Tori, an eighteen month old Great Dane during a brief encounter at the annual agricultural summer show in Belgooly, Co. Cork.
 

BELGOOLY SHOW
Kevin and Kyle O'Brien from Donoughmore are greeted by Tori, an eighteen month old Great Dane during a brief encounter at the annual agricultural summer show in Belgooly, Co. Cork. 
Picture: David Creedon

Particiaptns Ocean to City pass Cobh – An Rás Mór: flagship event of this year’s Cork Harbour Festival, which runs from 2-11 June, with over 80 events on land and on water. See corkharbourfestival.com for full programme of events. §
 

OCEAN TO CITY
Particiaptns Ocean to City pass Cobh – An Rás Mór: flagship event of this year’s Cork Harbour Festival, which runs from 2-11 June, with over 80 events on land and on water. See corkharbourfestival.com for full programme of events. 
Picture: Clare Keogh

A Ring-tailed lemur carrying her new born baby on her back at Fota Wildlife Park. Endemic to Madagascar they are one of the most Critically endangered species in the world.
 

LEMURS OF FOTA
A Ring-tailed lemur carrying her new born baby on her back at Fota Wildlife Park. Endemic to Madagascar they are one of the most Critically endangered species in the world. 
Picture Dan Linehan

The start of the 10k at the Cork City Marathon 2023.
 

START LINE
The start of the 10k at the Cork City Marathon 2023.
Picture Denis Minihane.

The main exam centre for junior certificate students in Ballincollig Community School, Cork, ready ahead of the state examinations.
 

EXAM SEASON
The main exam centre for junior certificate students in Ballincollig Community School, Cork, ready ahead of the state examinations.
Picture Denis Minihane.

Irish Examiner Readers' Photography Competition Weekly Winners 

Our two winners this week will join our other weekly winners for the final at the end of 2023 with a €1,000 prize to the winner and €250 for each of two runner-ups. For more details and to enter the competition click here

IRISH EXAMINER READERS PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2022 WEEKLY WINNER 10/06/2023 : A lone dandelion on a wall along the River Dodder, near Ringsend, Dublin.
 

IRISH EXAMINER READERS PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2022 WEEKLY WINNER 10/06/2023 : A lone dandelion on a wall along the River Dodder, near Ringsend, Dublin.
Picture: James Grandfield, Dublin

IRISH EXAMINER READERS PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2022 WEEKLY WINNER 10/06/2023 : A seagull swopping for fish at Ballycotton Pier in Co.Cork.
 

IRISH EXAMINER READERS PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2022 WEEKLY WINNER 10/06/2023 : A seagull swopping for fish at Ballycotton Pier in Co.Cork.
Picture: Mark Leo, Cork

Celebration for Douglas Hall as the captain Ger Keane lifts the cup high after winning the Pop Keller Cup final at Camden.
 

VICTORY
Celebration for Douglas Hall as the captain Ger Keane lifts the cup high after winning the Pop Keller Cup final at Camden.
Picture Denis Minihane.

Lifeguard Mollie O'Boyle, Dunmanway on  duty at Fountainstown beach over the June bank holiday weekend.
 

LIFEGUARD DUTY
Lifeguard Mollie O'Boyle, Dunmanway on  duty at Fountainstown beach over the June bank holiday weekend.
Picture; Eddie O'Hare

June strawberry moon over Cork this  bank holiday weekend.
 

FULL MOON
June strawberry moon over Cork this  bank holiday weekend.
Picture; Eddie O'Hare

Portmagee/Valentia Island, County Kerry, Ireland. Spinner and Weaver Jeanette Cullen of Valentia Island, taking advantage of the glorious warm weather to dispay her creations and double treadle spinning wheel to visitors passing on the road close to Portmagee village.
 

SPINNERS WHEELING
Portmagee/Valentia Island, County Kerry, Ireland. Spinner and Weaver Jeanette Cullen of Valentia Island, taking advantage of the glorious warm weather to dispay her creations and double treadle spinning wheel to visitors passing on the road close to Portmagee village.
Photo Credit: Stephen Power

A local resident makes her way through a flooded road after the Russian troops blew the Kakhovka dam overnight, in Kherson, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jun 6, 2023. Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam and hydroelectric power station in a part of southern Ukraine that Russia controls, risking environmental disaster
 

FLOODING
A local resident makes her way through a flooded road after the Russian troops blew the Kakhovka dam overnight, in Kherson, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jun 6, 2023. Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam and hydroelectric power station in a part of southern Ukraine that Russia controls, risking environmental disaster
Picture: AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka